NASCAR Cup Series

One year after his impressive debut with Hendrick Motorsports, the team has named Alex Bowman full-time driver of the No. 88 Chevrolet in the NASCAR Cup Series with a 19-race majority sponsorship from Nationwide beginning in 2018.

The most anticipated race of the week is not the one slated for Sunday in Indianapolis. Sure, the Brickyard has been around since 1909. Sure, it has been home to the Indianapolis 500 since 1911. Yes, it has hosted NASCAR’s Brickyard 400 since 1994, when Jeff Gordon won his first of five at the iconic track.

Aric Almirola made his return to the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series last weekend after missing seven races recovering from an acute compression fracture to his T5 Vertebra. Back into the swing, he looks to score a solid finish in the No. 43 Smithfield Ford at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

In a short period of time the blue Auto-Owners Insurance Toyota paint scheme for Furniture Row Racing has made a potent statement in the NASCAR Cup Series.

Roush Fenway Racing heads to the most famous speedway in the world this weekend as the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) returns to the hallowed ground of Indianapolis Motor Speedway. A Roush Fenway Ford has recorded 17 top-five finishes at the 2.5-mile oval across the MENCS and the NASCAR XFINITY Series dating back to when NASCAR began racing there in 1994.

Stenhouse has four Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) starts at IMS with an average starting position of 22.8 and average finishing position of 24.0. Stenhouse has completed 99.4% (650 of 654) of the laps at the historical 2.5-mile track.

Fans attending the 24th annual Brantley Gilbert Big Machine Brickyard 400 and sixth annual Lilly Diabetes 250 on July 21-23 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway are encouraged to "Plan Your Visit" through an interactive web page that serves as a home base for those headed to the track during this exciting NASCAR race weekend.

Michael McDowell and Leavine Family Racing (LFR) are excited to race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS), an historic track across all forms of racing, for the Brantley Gilbert Big Machine Brickyard 400.

The Struts, an English rock band that has opened for acts such as The Rolling Stones, Motley Crue and Guns N’ Roses, will perform a free concert on the AAA Stage at Victory Plaza on Sunday, Oct. 1 before the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoff race at Dover International Speedway.

New Hampshire Recap: Denny Hamlin led 54 laps of Sunday’s 301-lap race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway to claim his first victory of the 2017 season in the #11 FedEx Office Toyota and his third win at the New England ‘Magic Mile.’ Hamlin held off a hard-charging Kyle Larson in the race’s closing laps to pick up his 30th-career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series win in 417 starts.